Woman Sues Theater Because Drive Wasn’t a Race Action Movie

Drive, with Ryan Gosling, looks like an in-your-face action flick that packs just as much behind-the-wheel, racing-down-the-road action as the Fast and Furious films, only it’s not really, and someone isn’t happy about that.

The economy sucks and we all want to make sure we don’t waste money on crappy movies these days, but movie-goer Sarah Deming of Keego Harbor, Michigan might be taking things just a tad too far. Deming is suing FilmDistrict and the Michigan theater chain Emagine for “promot[ing] the film Drive as very similar to Fast and Furious, or similar, series of movies.” The complaint also alleges that “Drive bore very little similarity to a chase, or race action film… having very little driving in the motion picture.” Apparently, Deming was in the mood for some pedal-to-the-metal action and Drive didn’t deliver.

While I can relate to being blown away by movie previews and then wondering the heck happened when I went to see the actual film, I’ve never felt the urge to sue anyone because of it. I also have to wonder what kind of game this woman is playing when she tacks on extra accusations about the film containing “extreme gratuitous defamatory dehumanizing racism directed against members of the Jewish faith” that promote “criminal violence against members of the Jewish faith.”

What? Don’t think the legal charges have enough weight just because you felt ripped off so you have to toss in racial discrimination, too?

I’m not a legal expert, but I think someone just needs to take a chill pill and relax, and remember one very important thing. This is a free country, so feel free to leave the theater if you feel that a movie’s content is offensive. Nobody is making you watch it.

Source: /Film

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